Underground Resistance – Sonic Ep – Eye Of The Storm – 1990

Underground Resistance -- Sonic EP Label: Underground Resistance Catalog#: UR-002 Format: Vinyl, 12", White Label, 33 ? RPM Country: US Released: 1990 Style: Techno, Acid Notes: Etched on A side: Underground Resistance 1990! To advance sonic is the key Etched on B side: Underground Resistance 1990 The needs of the many - outweigh the needs of the few Tracklist A1 Orbit 5:42 A2 Eye Of The Storm 6:43 B1 Predator 6:10 B2 Elimination 4:40 Underground Resistance Profile: Underground Resistance is probably the most militantly political outcropping of modern urban American techno. Combining a grubby, four-track aesthetic, an almost strictly DIY business philosophy, and an oppositional, militaristic ethos similar to Public Enemy without the drama (or the familiarity; the members refuse to be photographed without bandanas obscuring their identities), UR have redirected their portion of the Detroit techno legacy to social activist ends, trading mainstream popularity and financial success for independence and self-determination. Begun in the early '90s by Detroit second-wave trinity Mike Banks, Robert Hood & Jeff Mills, UR adapted the flavor and kick of early Detroit techno to the complex social, political, and economic circumstances in the wake of Reagan-era accelerated inner-city decline, and was formed as an outlet for uncompromising music geared toward awareness and change. The early UR catalog is defined by a typically Detroit combination of Motown and Chicago soul, and ...